In the Name of God - Chapter 5.1
The magic circle, covered in geometric patterns and unknown characters, emitted a radiant light as if a massive glowing sapphire had settled in place.
Such an extraordinary phenomenon was enough to halt the boss monster, which had been turning away after confirming the target’s death.
The blue light forming the magic circle seeped into the now-functionless body as if being absorbed.
Broken bones reassembled themselves as if returning to their original positions, and crushed muscles and skin were restored cleanly. The skull that had caved in and the torn-off arm regained their original forms as if by magic.
Synchronization began immediately after the body was restored in an instant.
<Sync rate 12%……, 27%……, 64%……, 89%…….>
The sync rate for the ‘descent’ rose rapidly.
In response, the stopped heart began to beat again, slow-moving blood circulated quickly, and the blocked breath filled the lungs.
When color began to return to the bloodied face,
<Passive skill ‘Adaptation (S)’ has been granted to maintain synchronization.>
<Synchronization process completed.>
The newly descended entity, having absorbed the blue light of the magic circle, exhaled heavily.
“Gah?!”
The body that had once been dead jolted as if struck by an electric shock.
<Your death equates to the destruction of this world.>
In the place where the magic circle had vanished, the young man’s eyes trembled as he swallowed a deep breath.
<Remaining lifespan: 7 days>
The corner of the mouth of whoever had taken over Seong Do‑yoon’s body twisted coldly.
“…Are you kidding me?”
***
Waking up in some cave, I could understand the situation without much difficulty.
It was certainly unfamiliar.
An unfamiliar ceiling, unfamiliar air, unfamiliar atmosphere.
Yet I could guess what kind of place this was because some of the body owner’s memories remained. The reason my mind remained coherent despite inheriting those memories was probably thanks to the ‘Adaptation’ skill.
‘They just brought a dead person and possessed them? And it’s a body that has already died once?’
I let out a dry chuckle and raised my hands while lying on the floor. My hands were dry, but they looked far healthier than my own skeletal hands had been.
They were not my hands, yet they felt like mine.
‘So this is the power of the “Adaptation” skill.’
A skill.
Not a game, but…
‘No, it really does feel like I’m inside a game.’
I glanced at the small system window flickering at the edge of my vision. It seemed to be blinking insistently as if asking me to look at it.
The moment I focused, the system window grew in size as if it had been waiting.
<Updating your exclusive auxiliary module to aid your survival.>
<Update progress: 8%>
What was an exclusive auxiliary module?
I did not know exactly, but judging from how often these system windows kept appearing, this was clearly not the world I had been in before.
Another dry chuckle escaped, but it did not feel like a dream. If it were a real dream, inheriting someone else’s memories fully stored in my mind would have been impossible.
Earth-637.
The game world I had once overseen as a god, the virtual Earth fighting against destruction, was this place.
The original owner of this body had not even known that he was just one of countless characters in the game.
“Ha… unbelievable.”
I was confused, but not for long.
‘This is ridiculous, truly.’
The bizarre skill called ‘Adaptation’ helped me quickly accept the current situation.
It made me understand that I had possessed a game character.
It let me comprehend how this world had changed since my death.
It clarified what I had to do immediately.
Thanks to it, my previously chaotic thoughts were organized calmly without panic. The body owner’s memories became clear ‘knowledge’ for me, and my sense of self was not compromised in the process.
“This is strange.”
I slowly sat up. My creaking body ached in every joint.
Although the battered body had been partially restored by the world’s system, the restoration seemed limited to serious injuries that could threaten life, like broken bones. Though there were no bruises or scrapes, no part of my body was free from pain.
Compared to when I had been unable to move, waiting for death, even this pain was bearable.
But I had no time to dwell on it.
‘They said the project was destroyed…’
The system messages that had appeared to me when I was dead still lingered in my mind.
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